Fifty Years Ago Today, October 22, 1965

Gemini 6 on Schedule For Historic Flight

Gemini 6 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford get their last major medical checkup today before Monday's planned high--speed chase after a fleeting target in space.

Gas Service

Ladonia merchants and other interested persons will be asked to circulate petitions seeking Phenix City gas service in the community.

Fire at Mill

A cotton-baling machine today burst into flames at the Muscogee Manufacturing Co. mill at 14th Street and Front Avenue causing considerable damage on two floors of the mill. Columbus firemen said no one was injured.

This story was originally published October 21, 2015 at 12:26 PM with the headline "Fifty Years Ago Today, October 22, 1965 ."